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US Data: Capacity Utilization - Monthly Levels>

Release for:  November 2017
Source: U.S. Federal Reserve
Percent of capacity, seasonally adjusted
Item                                  Aug-17 Sep-17 Oct-17 Nov-17
Total industry                          76.1   76.2   77.0   77.1
Manufacturing                           75.1   75.2   76.3   76.4
 Manufacturing (NAICS)                  75.6   75.8   76.8   76.9
  Durable                               74.3   75.4   75.7   75.9
  Wood products                         77.0   77.9   78.2   77.8
   Nonmetallic minerals                 64.2   66.0   65.8   66.0
   Primary metals                       68.3   69.6   69.2   70.4
   Fabricated metals                    80.6   81.1   81.7   82.4
   Machinery                            71.5   73.9   75.1   75.6
   Computer and electronics             68.1   68.2   68.3   68.6
   Electrical equiptment
     and appliances                     80.9   84.1   84.0   84.4
    Motor vehicles and parts            79.4   80.7   81.7   81.7
   Aircraft and other miscellaneous
   transportation equipment             77.4   77.6   77.1   77.2
   Furniture and related products       77.7   77.6   77.7   77.5
   Miscellaneous                        75.6   75.7   75.1   74.7
 Nondurable                             77.1   76.2   78.1   78.0
  Food and tobacco products             79.3   79.1   79.1   78.9
  Textile mill products                 70.5   70.3   70.9   70.4
  Apparel products                      64.4   63.9   64.9   64.4
  Paper and products                    87.1   86.1   85.7   85.6
  Printing and publishing               67.8   66.8   66.8   67.1
  Petroleum products                    80.4   77.4   81.5   81.0
  Chemical                              73.7   72.3   76.6   76.5
  Rubber and plastics products          80.5   81.3   80.6   81.9
 Other manufacturing (non-NAICS)        60.7   60.0   60.5   59.9
 Mining                                 82.6   83.8   83.0   84.5
 Utilities                              76.6   75.6   77.1   75.7
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Selected high-technology industries     69.2   69.6   70.1   70.0
 Computers and office equipment         85.4   89.7   94.3   94.6
 Communications equipment               69.0   69.0   68.9   68.9
 Semiconductors and related
  electronic components                 65.8   65.6   65.5   65.5
Measures ex. selected high-technology
      industries
 Total industry                         76.2   76.4   77.2   77.3
  Manufacturing                         75.4   75.5   76.5   76.6
Stage-of-processing
 Crude                                  81.6   81.3   82.8   83.9
 Primary/semi-finished                  75.2   75.2   76.0   75.9
 Finished                               75.0   75.6   76.1   76.1
     ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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